GoGoGoDots by ZenithStar

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made by ZenithStar for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

Edit: After getting some player feedback about lag, I've updated the game to make balls combine to drastically reduce the number of bodies in play.

I heard you like balls, so we put balls inside of a ball. The latest and greatest in sportsballs technology.

WASD+Mouse or Gamepad Controls

Mouse wheel or LT/RT for camera zoom

'R' or '◀' to restart

Note: I couldn't figure out how to get the HTML5 embed to work on this site, so go to itch.io for it. The Windows/Linux versions have shadows that the HTML5 version doesn't

Ratings

Given 7🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

Panda king 976
02. Oct 2023 · 17:40 UTC
I like the physics but collecting green orbs might be a bit challenging, I would love to see this developed into a more substantial game though!

Edit: It would be nice if the velocity you can gain from rolling could be used somehow.
LDJam user 0
02. Oct 2023 · 17:45 UTC
It was a little hard to see my ball, but otherwise a very interesting game and fun to play.
Kinami
02. Oct 2023 · 18:47 UTC
A little Godot ball in a big Godot sphere! What more could you ask for? 😆

Surprisingly challenging little game! I would have liked a few more features inside the sphere (maybe a few static obstacles?) or the sphere getting smaller over time. But it's already pretty fun as it is! 😄
Catulus Zesmar
02. Oct 2023 · 18:56 UTC
Fun and challenging game!
LDJam user 299757
02. Oct 2023 · 20:36 UTC
I love balls and playing with them! Great game!
Tomate_Salat
04. Oct 2023 · 10:51 UTC
Great take on the theme. Its definitively fullfilled and I like how everything is a marble. But I don't really understand how red-balls work (I assume you loose 8 points and once you reach 0 or less you've lost?). May a timer would have worked better because colliding with red balls is actually quite fun. Then I have the feeling that sometimes the game doesn't notice a collision with a green ball. May bigger hitboxes would make sense here.
Also audio would have been nice. At least some "bonk"-Sounds could increase the fun by a lot :-)

Hmm ... I haven't said anything about controls yet. I find that you did a very good job on them. It really feels like you are inside a marble. So ofc they are challanging but they also should be. But they are not too challenging. Because you still have suprisingly a lot of control.
LDJam user 235915
07. Oct 2023 · 11:03 UTC
A difficult game! I've spent a lot of time figuring out what the red balls are doing!)